Jelena Jankovic has retired injured from the Slovenia Open yesterday. Jankovic was cruising at 6-1, 2-1 against qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova then stepped awkwardly when chasing a ball on the baseline and twisted her ankle. Jankovic continued to play after getting medical help, but lost that set 6-3 and eventually retired after losing the first game of the third.

After capturing her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam, it appears that Serena Williams is getting a lot of attention. Here is the latest promo is the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Both Serena and Venus Williams have been fined $4,000 each for not turning up to a Wimbledon news conference after their doubles quarterfinal loss. Bad losers! Serena said Thursday she is “shocked to hear” about the penalty, adding she and her sister rarely speak to the media after Grand Slam doubles matches other than finals. [...]

Twitter is already a huge medium for players to reach their fans online. Twitter provides a little personal touch and allows players and the general public to communicate in a simple way. I have been wondering for a while now, which players are actually already using Twitter! So here is our official WTA and ATP [...]

The New York Times recently did a story about Bethanie Mattek-Sands dressing herself up in soccer-like garb every four years for the World Cup. I think it might also be a bit of a coincidence that Bethanie has been playing terrible tennis and even looking a bit sick, since she got married!

It has been reported that just before Wimbledon, Maria Sharapova has signed a multiyear agreement with Evian. Maria will now be the face of their Rollerbabies campaign. For the world famous campaign, Sharapova is wearing a t-shirt with a printed figure of a baby and a bottle of Evian water. Sharapova was chosen by the [...]

It has been reported that Chinese clothing company Peak has signed a five year sponsorship deal with the WTA Tour. It is noted that the company is worth $6 billion and quotes their CEO as saying they’d like to “catch and surpass” the sale numbers of Nike. It will be very interesting to see what [...]

Ana Ivanovic has announced what she will be wearing at Wimbledon 2010. Ana will be wearing of course a white Dress ($55 approx) with white leggings is it gets cold, which is always seems to a Wimbledon. “Considering the strict rules they have regarding all-white at Wimbledon, it’s difficult to create a new look each [...]

Francesca Schiavone was lucky enough to meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is probably one of the most powerful people in the world, and definitely Italy! The two met at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome to celebrate Francesca’s stunning win at Roland Garros.

Lindsay Davenport is planning to come back to the women’s doubles tour and will partner Liezel Huber. Huber told Radio Roland Garros that Davenport has committed to play doubles at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California and the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego, California.Since leaving the Tour for the second time [...]

Camille Pin has announced her retirement from professional tennis after a 12 year career. Pin’s last match was a first round doubles loss at the French Open. Pin, who never won a title on the WTA Tour, said “it’s a very special day for me, because it’s such a tough decision.” Pin had mainly focused [...]

Aravane Rezai has criticized Marion Bartoli’s attitude after being told that her compatriot appeared jealous about the attention being given to Rezai at the French Open following her victory in Madrid. “Marion is a difficult girl. She already attacked me two years ago when I reached the final in Istanbul,” said Rezai. “If she has [...]

It has been reported again that Serena Williams and her boyfriend of two years, Common, have ended their relationship. The last time they appeared together publicly was at the April premiere of the Tina Fey and Steve Carell comedy “Date Night.” However, at the May 4 premiere of his new film “Just Wright” co-starring Queen [...]

Dinara Safina has parted ways with her coach Zeljko Krajan, after a three year partnership. Krajan could remain on as Safina’s coach until the end of the French Open and after that she will begin work with Gaston Etlis. Gaston is from Argentina and has played many years on tour with career high rankings of [...]

Jelena Dokic has launched a new version of her official site – www.jelenadokic.net – on the eve of her French Open assault at Roland Garros. Dokic said she was excited to launch her own official website. “I look forward to keeping in touch with you throughout the year,” Dokic said in a video message to [...]

Martina Hingis is rumoured to be thinking of a comeback again to womens tennis, but this time only to play doubles. Hingis would possibly partner Lindsay Davenport on the doubles court. Martina is already booked in to play the Wimbledon veteran doubles even this year with longtime doubles partner Anna Kournikova.

Serena Williams has made the Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list. Billy Jean King described Serena this way for Time Magazine: Serena Williams is one of those rare champions who have transcended sports and impacted our society. In tennis, she is as focused as she has ever been at any point in her career, [...]

This week sees the return of former WTA number1 Dinara Safina to competitive tennis. Dinara retired from her 4th round match at the Australian Open, sighting a back injury that has been plaguing her since Cincinnati. “After that match, I had an MRI and I had two stress fractures on  L5S1 and a rupture on [...]

We came across an old video of Maria Sharapova (aged 13) playing Peng Shuai (aged 14) in the final of the junior clay court tournament Torneo dell’Avvenire in Italy. Peng went on to defeat Sharapova in this final 6-1 6-2, but only four years later Maria won Wimbledon.

Jelena Jankovic’s mother has not been a happy bunny over the past week or so. Snezana Jankovic has been tearing into Ana Ivanoic and the Serbian Tennis Federation after their lost to Slovakia on the weekend. Snezana was not please when she saw images of Ivanovic relaxing in Majorca with boyfriend Adam Scott in of [...]